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William Shakespeare's Sonnets!
Perhaps the greatest writer who ever put words from pen to paper, William Shakespeare has been parsed and dissected and studied in ways that could pluck the joy out of anyone. But Shakespeare wrote to
How to Find a Short Story Publisher
If you're looking to get a short story published, you'll often hear the advice: It's not about finding the best publisher; it's about finding the right publisher for you. This is solid advice, and you should keep this in mind while you're searching for a short story publisher. Often, new writers don
What Is a Negative Connotation in a Poem?
Words can communicate meaning through denotation and connotation. While denotation is a word's literal meaning, connotation is based more on the emotions and secondary meanings that a word carries with it.
How to Write a Poem in Octave-Sestet Form
Back in the 1420s, a gentleman by the name of Francesco Petrarch came up with the sonnet form of writing poetry. A sonnet perfected what people during the time thought poetry was supposed to be: a compact form of literature that said more than it seemed to, and properly rhymed so as not to hurt the
How to Write a Kissing Scene in a Romance Novel
Learning how to write a kissing scene in a romance novel can be difficult at first, but with practice, kissing scenes and other romantic scenes will become easier and easier to write.
A Disabled Little Girl
There once was a little girl, in her twenties and in a wheelchair. She was pretty. So very, very pretty. But as she was disabled, young and old, handsome and otherwise men with no prospects in life wo
Short critical review of "Sailing into the Unknwon, Yeats, Pound and Eliot" by Rosenthal
Rosenthal points out that poems can represent their writers for instance, Eliot, Pound and Yeats, who are outstanding 'progenitors of modern poetry in English' as they are 'staples of literary history
How to Make a Miniature Vampire Coffin
Vampires have slept in coffins throughout centuries of myth and legend. It stands to reason, therefore, than any vampire dolls that you may wish to decorate your home with at Halloween would also sleep in coffins. You can make a miniature coffin for your vampire out of cardboard. This project is fai
How Do I Know What Year My Fender Twin Reverb Is?
Guitarists worldwide revere the legendary Fender Twin Reverb for its brilliant clean tones and luscious spring reverb. Although Fender never kept serial number records of its amps, you can determine the approximate year your Twin Reverb was built by matching it against the cosmetic changes the amp h
How to Join a Science Fiction Book Club
Book clubs are a great way for the serious reader to acquire books at a discount price. Book clubs are available in most genres—romance, mystery, drama, western, and of course science fiction. Science fiction covers a wide range of subjects and includes many different popular series. This art
Animals Around a Medieval Village
Animals were a part of medieval life, particularly for villagers. Since food was not in great abundance in medieval times, animals were relied upon heavily for meat. The more animals available, the more chance a man could shoot one with a bow and arrow and feed his family for at least one meal. Anim
What is post colonialism? How do we find this ideology working as a backdrop in the first part of Th
'Post colonial studies stands at the intersection of debates about race, colonialism ,gender politics and language in the language of post colonial studies ,some words are new , while other are famili
Free Daily Trivia Quiz #44 About Movies, Films, Actors and More!
Free fun trivia about Movies, Actresses, The Oscars, Hollywood, Cinemas, Actors and More.
Urban/Paranormal Fantasy Novel 300 Years of Sin
300 Years of Sin follows the lives of a human who loses her free will and becomes a serial killer, two vampires, and a witch who all try to destroy those the Order of Constantine which has been around
How to Write a Playful Lighthearted Novel
Authors as diverse as Alexander McCall Smith ("The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency"), Helen Fielding ("Bridget Jones's Diary") and --- in another era --- P.G. Wodehouse (the "Jeeves" series) have established themselves writing playful, lighthearted novels.Writing a novel requi
How to Write a Great Poem
Writing great poetry is extremely difficult. Many people assume that great poetry just happens: a poet just sits down and the words simply flow out. In reality, great poets work hard at their craft, editing many drafts of their poems, coaxing them to perfection. Even poems that seem like streams of
Ernest Hemingway Suicide Story, Reconstruction
It is well known that Ernest Hemingway did not leave a suicide note, but later thenote was discovered. In this article we reconstruct imagination of how, when, where and why Hemingway committed suicid
How to Create Your Own Online Bot
You may not see robots very often around the house or on the street, but robots (or bots) have already taken over the online world. An online bot is an automated computer program that can perform tasks on the Internet in a fraction of the time required by a human user. Google, for example, owes its
The Book of Five Rings - The Five Elements of Warrior stages
This article is the culmination of my learning of the famous ancient martial arts manual, The Book of Five Rings. Miyamoto Musashi, the greatest martial artist in Japanese history, has compiled his ph